The free trial has no time limit — but saving and copying a composition is disabled, app exporting is disabled, exported movies are watermarked, and Pro features are disabled. You can save images and data. The free trial does not include the SDK or the source code (but you can get the 1-year-delayed source).

After you have purchased Vuo, you can activate your copy of the Vuo Editor using its "Help > Activate Vuo…" menu item or the "Activate Vuo" dialog button presented each time the Editor is launched. You can even start editing a composition with the Vuo free trial, then purchase and activate Vuo without closing your Vuo Editor window, and you'll be able to save the composition you edited!